JP Soars and the Red Hots

JP Soars and his Red Hots band will bring sizzling blues to The Blue Rooster in Sarasota on Friday. COURTESY PHOTO

Blues guitar slinger, singer and songwriter JP Soars and his Red Hots band documented their first European tour with the sizzling new CD “Live from the Netherland.” It’s a rich collection of varied originals peppered with choice covers such as Soars’ awesomely nasty rendition of Johnny Guitar Watson’s “Gangster of Love.”

Soars, he lives in Boca Raton, is also part of the group Southern Hospitality (check out my Ticket cover story) with pianist/vocalist Victor Wainwright and former Bradenton Beach resident Damon Fowler (guitar, vocals). Southern Hospitality was just nominated in the New Artist Debut Release and Blues Band of the Year categories for the 2013 Blues Blast Music Awards.